VOA: Lesson 1: Welcome!

Let’s Learn English is a course for English learners. Certified American English teachers designed the course for beginners. There are 52 lessons. Every fifth lesson, there is a review of the previous lessons.

Each week, there is a new lesson with video showing the lives of young Americans. The lesson includes instruction in speaking, vocabulary and writing.

There are also printable worksheets, assessments and lesson plans for individual learners and English teachers. We encourage you to follow the weekly lessons and share your progress with us through comments and email.

Summary

Anna moves to Washington, DC. She meets Pete at her new apartment.

Speaking

Watch the video and record yourself. Listen to yourself. Then listen to the video again.

Writing

Introduce yourself in the Comments section. Download the worksheet to learn the alphabet and numbers.

Lesson 1 Activity Sheet

For a fun way to learn the alphabet, watch the alphabet video below.

Learning Strategy

Each week we teach a new learning strategy. The first one is Set a Goal. ​

When we set a goal, we decide what we want to do or learn.

You are studying English with VOA Learning English. What do you want to learn? Here is an example:

Pat works at a coffee shop. She wants to greet her customers in English. She sets a goal: “In three months, I will feel confident in greeting customers in English.”

Learning Strategies are the thoughts and actions that help make learning easier or more effective. Setting a goal is an important learning strategy because it gives you a strong reason to keep studying.